PRIVACY POLICY

July 21, 2008

Frosting Shots! A New Trend from Bakeries! A Cheap High, But is it Better and Faster than Red Bull?

For me, it's always been the frosting. When Ralph's came out with soft
sugar cookies with Cupcake frosting on them, I was in heaven. It seems
that I am not alone-

The shots
are being offered at some bakeries across the country, for a quick pick
me up for evening partiers. For a small fee - the customer gets a
"dollop" of frosting, using the size of a small yogurt cup sample.
It's on the menu board at some bakeries, but at others you have to ask
for it.

“It's kind of the cut-to-the-chase evolution of
cupcakes,” says Tanya Steel, editor in chief of foodie Web site
Epicurious.com. “I can imagine it being at parties. It's a great thing
to have at an office party. It provides just a little bite of sweetness
and yumminess without going whole hog.At Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Ga.,
owner Cheryl Day has piped 75-cent frosting sides for her Friday night
“cupcake happy hour” for the past three years. At a happy hour in
February, she sold about 100 shots. She thought using a bar conceit
would draw locals as well as college students.

I can see folks becoming addicted to frosting, and then buying cans at
the grocery store, taking frosting shots at home. Don't touch my
frosting!